The Television Streaming Thread: Now With Felonies

[cassette]

How much you like the Shield depends on whether you think cops are heros. Same problem with Brooklyn 99.

[Trolly]

@zikzak

Also, his Blade Runner sequel was actually kinda forgettable tbh. It’s going to be a footnote in movie history.

BR2049 was outstanding. I mean sure it’s not going to be an immortal classic like the original, but it’s still one of the best sci-fi films I’ve seen in a long time. Some of the shots in that move are going to stay with me for a long time. If Dune is anything like that, I’ll be happy.

[beetlejuice]

@Trolly

Some of the shots in that move are going to stay with me for a long time

ana de armas on that billboard

[clovis8]

Totally agree.

[jerry]

I’m seeing a whole bunch of GoT adds on this site today and wondering how pissed everyone at HBO has to be at the showrunners. It was one of the biggest things ever and people couldn’t wait for the ending and all the potential follow-up shows, and now, no one really cares.

[grue]

/r/freefolk is pretty hilarious tbh.

[RiskyFlush]

I used to rewatch all of the existing seasons like a cocaine addict. A new line as soon as I sniffed the old one up. But now I can’t bring myself to watch a single episode. Even the great ones just remind me of how awful it all ends up being.

[chupacabre]

Exactly this. I rewatch HBO shows like The Wire and Rome every so often, but I can’t be bothered to rewatch any of GoT. I wonder how much revenue/eyeballs HBO loses because of the shitshow that is GoT last season.

[R.C]

@WichitaDM

So I’ve tried at least three times to watch The Shield to conclusion and failed. Am currently on another try and at about the point I always give up which is the end of S2. Does it get better? I feel like all of the characters are super one dimensional and lacking in any ability to make me care about any of them. You have the crooked cops, the politically aspiring chief, the dorky detective, the hardcore black female detective, the closeted gay cop, etc. The show is super stereotypical and while I like the show to some extent as it can be entertaining I always get bored and never plow through it.

So should I keep going or is this all it ever is?

It’s the best TV drama of all time, but that doesn’t fully become apparent until the later seasons, when the consequences of everything the Strike Team has done come back on them in a way they can’t get out of.

If you want to read more (and don’t mind spoilers):

The Greatness of THE SHIELD (with a Brief Review of the Pilot) | The-Solute

@cassette

How much you like the Shield depends on whether you think cops are heros.

Absolutely not. The whole point of Vic Mackey is that he thinks he’s a good guy when he’s really a gang lord operating under color of authority.

@beetlejuice

it’s aggressively a girl show. like there aren’t any guy characters that aren’t idiots

sounds like a YP.

[wirelessgrinder]

looks like uncut gems comes to netflix on may 25th

[clovis8]

Huh? It’s been on Netflix for more than a month. Just Canada Netflix?

[wirelessgrinder]

guess so

[clovis8]

Weird. I thought they put Netflix originals on all locations at the same time.

[Riverman]

I had to turn uncut gems off, was getting serious anxiety

[clovis8]

Ya it’s the least fun movie I’ve seen in a long time. I “liked” it as art but man it was torture to watch.

[Aofrantic]

It was only in theatres in Canada for like 2 weeks then went to Netflix. I think it came in January or so.

[Ikioi]

Just watched Episode 1 of The Last Kingdom. So far there is nothing that makes me want to keep watching. Does this get better?

[olink]

Iirc the action ratchets up toward the end of the season. But yeah of you don’t care about the lead despite his silly accent within the first few episodes why bother.

[jerry]

I think if you make it through the first three episodes and aren’t enjoying it, then you can pretty much give up on it. I watched the first three seasons and enjoyed them a lot, but I currently have no plans to watch the fourth, I feel like it’s been so long that I’ll have trouble getting back into it.

[dlk9s]

Finished watching all eight episodes of Robbie (Comedy Central - they put all the episodes up on YouTube).

Probably give it a C, maybe B-. Excellent concept, funny actors, some really funny, laugh-out-loud moments, but there was something about it that just didn’t hit. Can’t quite put my finger on it. Still worth a casual watch if you are looking for a goofy, inappropriate comedy.

Plus, my son and I were awesome in it (he might have more quality screen time in this one show than I do in everything I’ve done combined).